FRIENDS AND COWORKERS OF AN ASHEVILLE DOCTOR SAY- HE'S DEVASTATED AFTER AN EARLY MORNING FIRE DESTROYS HIS PRACTICE. NEIGHBORS CALLED 911 AFTER HEARING-AND SEEING- FIRE AT THE BILTMORE FAMILY PRACTICE. WYFF NEWS 4'S ALY MYLES EXPLAINS WHY THIS FIRE DESTROYED THE BUILDING SO QUICKLY. Sirens nat pop IT WAS A FIRE THAT JUST WOULD NOT GO OUT. CREWS WORKED FOR HOURS-TO STOMP OUT AND DOUSE THE FLAMES AT ONE SAINT DUNSTANS ROAD. THE FIRE-MADE WORSE BY THE BUILDING'S AGE. "51:04 so when we arrived on the scene, even though it had been in the single story level, it did flourish to the top quickly, get in the ceiling and the roof and the attic." " C85- 58:05 klope tells us one of the biggest issues with this house is it was built in 1922, very little fire protection in this house, making it go up very quickly in flames. "50:56 it possibly could have the balloon construction, which oftentimes means there are no fire stops. The joyce run the height of the building and therefore the fire spreads quickly." THE GOOD NEWS? NO ONE WAS INJURED AND SOME ITEMS LIKE MONEY AND LAPTOPS WITH CLIENT INFORMATION WERE RECOVERED. STILL-- SEVERAL PEOPLE STOPPED BY TO OFFER LOVE AND SUPPORT TO THE OWNER-DOCTOR ROBERT ANDERSON AND HIS STAFF. 1:47 we live just a block and a half this way and my wife says she heard sirens but I didn't hear anything. BRUCE IKELHEIMER-USED TO BE A PATIENT OF DR ANDERSONS... HE SAYS-ITS NOT THE ONLY BUSINESS IN THE VICTORIAN STYLE HOUSE. 2:12 theres actually two businesses in the building. Theres a doctors office downstairs and I think his brother had a property management company on the top floor. ASHEVILLE FIREFIGHTERS ARE STILL UNSURE WHAT STARTED THE FIRE IN THE FIRST PLACE... THEY ARE INVESTIGATING. IN ASHEVILLE-AM WYFF NEWS 4.

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